Creator
Walter Brown
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
01252[letterhead]2 J.M.I have placed up-on you so it is nothing for you to fear and if you were to keep the house it would pay its way well for as it is 5000.$ at 8% is 400.$ for [illegible] and 2000.$ at 10% is 200.$ for [illegible] making 600.% a year interest which the house rents for 75.$ per month or 900.$ a year the difference, or 300.$ will more than pay taxes and insurances.Of course if you can spare the 2000.$ it is decidedly the best way to pay off the 10% paper. The 3 acres came in this way Paul Gardor owned a 6 acre tract of land, I said to him I will pay your prior for 3 acres 6000.$ if you will give me a contract on the other 3 acres at the same price to run until October 1886 if I sell it [[stricken word] before that ime I will give you (Paul Gardor) our half of what I got over 2000.$ per acre for the 3 acres which the contract is Jan. This is the whole scheme of the 3 acres as clearly as I can give it in this manner, when your "desparate" another lower over and I will show you all about it. Love to all. Truly Walter Brown
Location
Kansas City, Mo
Date Original
1887 Jan 11
Source
Original letter dimensions: 25.5 x 21 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0760-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0760
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
